France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nicolas de Rivière speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.

United Kingdom's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations James Kariuki speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.

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The Security Council can be reformed, but how? The authors, a trio of ex-UN officials, suggest a two-step approach, focusing on five “key issues”: the size of an expanded body, membership categories, ...

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The United Nations (UN) is the centrepiece of what is touted as the rules-based international order. The entrenched biases in these rules are, however, laid bare by the composition and voting ...